AS BANGLADESH approaches its anticipated graduation from the least developed country status category in 2026, it faces ...

The skew towards the top is sharp. America ranks as the most unequal big rich-world country (see chart). Combined with lower ...

The following map illustrates how income inequality varies around the globe. It uses the Gini index (or coefficient), which ...

A groundbreaking for a place that's expected to be a game changer for food entrepreneurs took place Wednesday. Northside ...

The latest World Bank report paints a sobering picture of the persistent challenge of inequality in the Philippines. With a Gini coefficient of 40.7 percent, the country remains mired in ...

This isn’t just a split between left and right — it’s a tug-of-war between those pining for an idyllic past and those ...

The Nobel committee has put the spotlight back on global inequalities. Bestowing its prestigious economics prize on Daron ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson shared the award for their work on explaining the gaps in prosperity between ...

Three U.S.-based academics won the 2024 Nobel economics prize on Monday for research that explored the aftermath of ...

UChicago Professor James A. Robinson is the 101st scholar associated with the school to receive a Nobel Prize.

A trio of US-based experts have won the 2024 Nobel prize in economics for their insights into helping explain global ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson won for their "studies of how institutions are formed and affect ...